Pinyin "zhai1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zhai1" is split up into two parts: "zh" and "ai1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "zh"

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ai1"

In front of the airplane.

Characters pronounced zhai1

to take / to borrow / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to select / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc)
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to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk)
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old variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]
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Japanese variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]
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